Re: Monitor flashes/flickers during install
I had the same issue installing both surge and woody on a Compaq: Deskpro EN 256 meg RAM onboard VGA onboard Ethernet Intel 766mhz PIII chip Problem: During install the screen would flicker on and off in half second intervals. Resolution: Run install with the framebuffer parameter disabled. i.e. at the boot prompt type linux debian-installer/framebuffer:false
Monitor flashes/flickers during install
Hello, I have recently taken an interest in installing linux and have chosen to install debian 3.0 on my machine. However, I am unable to proceed very far into the installation because after I receive the 'Welcom to Debian" screen and press enter at the boot prompt my monitor begins to flash and it becomes very difficult to see the 'select language screen'. I can tell that it has proceeded to this screen because I can see the blue background and choices to select a language however it flashes in such a way that installation would be extremely difficult. Here are the specs on the machine: Compaq Deskpro EN with Minitower PIII 933 Mhz 384MB RAM 20GB HD 48X CD-ROM Integrated Intel 3D Direct AGP Video Integrated Intel Audio Compaq V75 monitor The procedure I am following is to enter the Debian CD that I have created from linuxiso.org, re-boot the machine, I see the Welcome screen, press enter to install the deafult flavor. This is when the monitor begins to flash. I see some text output and the picture of the penguin at this time as well and already at this point the monitor is flashing. It then procedes to the select language screen and the monitor continues to flash. Any help for the newbie would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
Re: Monitor flashes/flickers during install
Bobby Smith wrote: Hello, I have recently taken an interest in installing linux and have chosen to install debian 3.0 on my machine. However, I am unable to proceed very far into the installation because after I receive the 'Welcom to Debian screen and press enter at the boot prompt my monitor begins to flash and it becomes very difficult to see the 'select language screen'. I can tell that it has proceeded to this screen because I can see the blue background and choices to select a language however it flashes in such a way that installation would be extremely difficult. Here are the specs on the machine: Compaq Deskpro EN with Minitower PIII 933 Mhz 384MB RAM 20GB HD 48X CD-ROM Integrated Intel 3D Direct AGP Video Integrated Intel Audio Compaq V75 monitor The procedure I am following is to enter the Debian CD that I have created from linuxiso.org, re-boot the machine, I see the Welcome screen, press enter to install the deafult flavor. This is when the monitor begins to flash. I see some text output and the picture of the penguin at this time as well and already at this point the monitor is flashing. It then procedes to the select language screen and the monitor continues to flash. On the welcome screen should be instructions for more help (press F1, maybe?). Look for any options to disable FrameBuffer, or to use a certain VGA setting. Not having looked in this area in some time, I'm not sure what you'll find, but I'm thinking that there _should_ be an option to tinker with the video settings at the boot: prompt. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re: Monitor flashes/flickers during install
Thanks... you pointed me in the right direction. I did a search on google on how to disable the framebuffer and found the following suggestion: You have to pass the video=vga16:off option when booting the kernel you choose. That is, after the welcome message of the installation program, type either "bf24 video=vga16:off" or "idepci video=vga16:off" if you prefer to use a 2.2.20 kernel. I tried this and the installation screen comes up successfully. Thanks again for your help! Hopefully the installation will go smoothly from this point. Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
